"One"

Traveling down the Singaporean highway as we made our way to the train station in route to Malaysia, I could see an overhead commuter rail with a single car making a stop to pick up passengers. It looked kind of funny seeing this single car, but the single car in question had a very specific Purpose and task at hand.

That very specific Purpose was to travel to remote residential areas and pick up passengers and transport them back to the main, non-remote areas by connecting itself to the rest of the commuter rail cars in an effort to get everyone where they needed to go so that they can do whatever it is that they needed to do.

I instantly conjured up thoughts of the Lord as He has made His way and continues to make His way to wherever we are so that He can do whatever it is that He needs to do or whatever it is that He needs for US to do.

The method and mode of transportation or the dissemination of the information is irrelevant, so long as the message has been conveyed and all of the participants are on board for a destination whose itinerary may not be their own, but one that they subscribe to nonetheless, selflessly.

In everything that I see,
In everything that I do,
In everything that I happen upon,
My goal is to see God, in everything.

"One" car at a time,
"One" passenger at a time and
"One" God all of the time.

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey A. Ford

"Love And Understanding"

The importance of family is an acknowledgement from the heart of what is a continuous priority that never loses its place in Life.

Once upon a time the importance of such was a lost notion due to the people that called themselves family members. But Life is not about who or what happens to us, rather it is how we respond to who and what happens to us.

Life is no accident that we found ourselves in. Life is something to be grateful and Thankful for as we continue down a path of growth and understanding that allows us to take who and what happens to us and transform the who and what to "Love and Understanding" as we plant the seeds of such within them, watering them with our actions, thus contributing to a harvest that used to be consumed with drought.

The power of our Love coupled with an Understanding can bring about a change to be denied by no one or nothing that bares witness to the very change that has thus changed them.

Sometimes the need for change falls on deaf ears, but as soon as we avail ourselves, we then begin to find ourselves with visibility into the bigger scheme of things. Subsequently, our participation with what we perceived to be "inaction" that was directed by our "action," further demonstrating to the "who and what" the power of "Love and Understanding" and what it is capable of accomplishing, within the vacancy of our availability.

You are where you are because you are supposed to be there.

The importance of family is an acknowledgement from the heart of what is a continuous priority that never loses its place in Life.

Once upon a time the importance of such was found due to the actions of people that called themselves family members.

Glory Be To God!

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey A. Ford

"Purpose"

My Life's purpose might not add up to your Life's purpose. And if you were to subtract my Life's purpose from your Life's purpose, one thing shall always remain the same.

...That our lives still have their purpose!

I have found it better to be DRIVEN than to just go along for the RIDE.

I have discovered motivation in the most stagnant of places.

I have been moved by the presence of the immovable.

I have been fed by people that have the least in which to offer.

I have gained wisdom in the most ignorant of situations.

I have found what I sought even before I began to seek.

Everything and everyone has its designated purpose. And our purpose in Life is to find out what our purpose in Life really is and then to do something about it, by way of our defined "Purpose."

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey A. Ford

"It's Gonna Be Me"

From a very young age Mother always encouraged me to be sure to close the one door prior to opening up the next. It was important to negate the inevitable overlap by firm closure of the previous.

This philosophical rule of thumb is completely applicable to so many, if not all aspects in Life.

It is tempting to leave the door cracked, albeit even slightly, just in case. The ambiguity of the "just in case" compels us to do the unthinkable and even act uncharacteristically due to the fact that closure is not just represented in the physical form of the door, but also in the mental, psychological and emotional forms within ourselves.

Sometimes the reciprocal approach to the "just in case" theory provides us with a very false sense of hope in that a reconciliation can be accomplished.

For the sake of our own sanity, we need to take the bull by the horns and draw a conclusion to the madness that permeates around our existence by allowing the lingering to continue to linger.

The emotional toll that it can take on you is painstakingly exhausting and not worthy of you expending your time and positive energy on. Your time is yours, whilst you still have it. The depletion of your energy is worthy of replenishing, not diminishing.

In order for the new to begin, the old has to be completed. Do not wait for someone else to officially draw a conclusion to what needs to be closed. Sometimes the onus is squarely on our own shoulders.

At that point we need to tell ourselves, "It's Gonna Be Me."

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey A. Ford

"If My Former Change Could See My Latter Change, It Would Want to Change Too"

A personal testimony, to the miraculous ways, in which the Lord God, changes things.

When you have been changed, the very winds move in your favor and flow in the direction in which you move so that you no longer travel in a direction that is contrary to your purposed selection.

You cannot go back from whence you came because it no longer represents the old, that you were so bold, to shed.

The type of change that has you looking forward and never looking back, as the winds of change are literally, at your back.

The type of forward progression that leans into God's perfection that He has been waiting for you, to step into.
No longer ignorant to the fact that God's Love is due diligent and never leaves you without the chance to Praise and repent.

The type of change that makes change want to change because change has seen a change in you.

The type of change that compels others to seek what you have because they see what He has done for you, by way of change.

The type of change that speaks for itself, relinquishing the need to utter a single syllable, as the Love and power of God is more than hospitable.

The type of change that introduces me to additional change, relative to what I initially changed from.

"If My Former Change Could See My Latter Change, It Would Want to Change Too."

To God, be all, the glory!

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey A. Ford

"You Will Know!"

We engaged in geographical conversation and compared notes relative to our individual and personal travels in the world. We compared factual notes about those very places including the ones that are still on our "Life List."

As I exited the vehicle, I thanked him for the great conversation and the sharing of information. In such a relatively short period of time this gentleman added value to my Life instead of attempting to subtract said value.

We exchanged numbers and I wished he and his family the absolute best as he did me!

You never know when...
You never know where...
You never know who...
You never know how...
You never know...when God is going to show up.

But when He does, "You Will Know!"

To God be all of the glory, forever!

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey A. Ford

"Returning Them Back by Way of Praise"

Oft times we find ourselves labeling the things that we own in the event that if they are ever lost, if and when they are ever found, they can be returned to their rightful owner.

Blessings are items that have the name of the Lord permanently affixed to them. So, when we "find" ourselves in the possession of said "Blessings," we should promptly return them back to their rightful owner, right? We accomplish this task by taking those Blessings and "Returning Them Back by Way of Praise."

Even though the name of the Lord is permanently affixed as the owner of the Blessings, we are fortunate enough to be and live in the presence of a God that is full of Love, compassion and His willingness to give to those that He so Loves.

What He rightfully owns, we undeservedly receive due to His Love and compassion. Which ultimately begs the question: do we really own the things that we are labeling to begin with? Or are those the very Blessings with that permanent name that is affixed to them?

"Returning Them Back by Way of Praise."

Perhaps there was no mistaking the inability to retrieve what was perceived to be lost or stolen. The Life expectancy of that Blessing could have very well run its course and is now in the sole possession of someone else. Remember, what He rightfully owns, we undeservedly receive, due to His Love and compassion.

He gives and He takes away. But, it was never ours to begin with. His name and ONLY His name is what is permanently affixed to the Blessings that we find ourselves in possession of..."Returning Them Back by Way of Praise."

So, when we find ourselves in the possession of said Blessings, we should all remember and demonstrate the process of "Returning Them Back by Way of Praise." Afterall, He is the rightful owner.

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey A. Ford

"Become All the Best, All the Time!"

Responsibility has both backward and forward compatibility. It extends far beyond your reach while within that same reach, at the same time.

Seeing that something needs to be done does not exempt your participation just because your name has not been assigned to the task.

We pull ourselves out by first picking ourselves up as we make the better truly better by proclaiming it in capitalized and emphasized LETTERS, succeeded by our actions that marvel in the revelation that things are indeed, BETTER!

The responsibility of such compels one to touch, from the fingertips to the palm of their hands and grasp the importance of being the difference to something better by first making the difference to be, better.

The prescription lasts as long as the ailment does. But the subscription extends to the far reaches of your existence, catapulting your better into a hemisphere that you could not even fathom even if your Life depended on it.

The miraculous intentions of God to redefine the dimensions within ones Life that now cover the landscape of the very things that used to live on the outskirts of your former perimeter.

Do, because you can.
Be, because you are.
Live, with every breath.
Give, till there is nothing left.
And then, do it all over again.

"Become All the Best, All the Time!"

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey A. Ford

"Compassion and Forgiveness"

The whereabouts of your heart, mind, body and soul could very well have been permanently cast aside or banished from the existence of someone's Loving thoughts as they recollect on the impacts of their Life and how you might have played a role: good, bad and otherwise.

Do not permit an uncompassionate and unforgiving heart to dictate how you leave or your refusal to leave your mark on Life and in this world. We experience everything that we "grow" through for a reason and irrespective of what happens to us, there is always an opportunity within our midst to do or say something by converting whatever happened into a testimony of the heart in an effort to touch someone else's heart by way of "Compassion and Forgiveness."

Allow it to linger shorter than the letters that compose the word itself.

Be "Compassionate and Forgiving" so that you can effectively move forward with the rest of your Life, doing all that your Life and existence were purposed to do.

Do not refuse to be compassionate. Do not refuse to be forgiving.

What we learn can be converted into something that someone else could earn.

We leave our mark to show that we were present. We touch someone's heart and acknowledge the gift. We accomplish both by way of "Compassion and Forgiveness."

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey A. Ford

"Beyond the Boundaries is Where You Will Find Your Answer"

There is no greater freedom than the liberating feeling that is composed by the acts and actions of Love. The inward reflection, the outward collection, all navigated by Love's uncompromising direction, should we be so inclined to trust and follow those liberating feelings that have introduced themselves to us, forever altering our comfort zone.

The same zone that used to encapsulate us within said boundaries, but have since been redefined as we move farther away from what used to house us, forbidding us from venturing too far from a comfort zone that wasn't so comfortable to begin with. It was just what we knew.

But what we knew pales in comparison to what we now know, as we continue down a path of continued growth, relinquishing stagnancy under the facade of something that was an illusion at best.

Dressed up with everywhere to go. Blessed both coming and going with no limitations on how much we grow. Does Love move us too fast or do we respond to Love entirely too slow?

"Beyond the Boundaries is Where You Will Find Your Answer."

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey A. Ford

"In the First Place"

In our quest to achieve greatness, we attempt to accomplish great things. But the greatest accomplishment is not in what we achieve, rather it is in how we live our lives.

Some of the best songs on your favorite album were never released as singles. But that does not mean nor does it take away from the fact that they represented some of the best songs from your favorite album.

Likewise. Should you never obtain fame and fortune, it does not mean that you have not left an indelible mark whose longevity will surpass the short-sightedness of said fame and fortune, if that was the sole purpose and ultimate end result of what you sought.

Whether you choose to author your history with a pen or a pencil, it does not negate the fact that you have left your mark. It just means that you used one instead of the other, for whatever reason.

How you so choose to leave your mark that shall reflect upon your existence is as important as you choosing to leave one, "In the First Place."

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey A. Ford

"By My Side"

In order for me to get back up again, it was necessary for me to first fall down. For the lesson that needed to be taught to me, was somewhere on the ground.

Cringing at the behavioral pattern that would have me remain. When getting back up again is synonymous with the cleaning of the stain.

Irrespective of the numerous times in which I have continuously tried. The Blessing within my Life's lesson is always having YOU, "By My Side."

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey A. Ford

"Within Everything Lies an Opportunity to Do Anything"

Within everything lies an opportunity to do anything.

Everything that you were afraid to do.
Everything that you wanted to do.
Everything that you didn't believe you could do.
Everything that you never thought you would do.
Everything that has been waiting for you to do.

Within everything lies an opportunity to do anything.

What you wanted...
What you believed...
What you thought...
What was waiting...

Within everything lies an opportunity to do anything.

Love and My Mother are My Inspiration!
Love and My Mother are My Motivation!
Love and My Mother are My Celebration!
Love and My Mother are My Dedication!

All the Best, All the Time!

Smile and Love Always!
Corey A. Ford